Eponym vs Calydon - What's the difference?
eponym | calydon |
The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
(historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Ætolia]], north of the [[w:Gulf of Patras, Gulf of Patras in western Greece, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus.
(historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honour the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.
As a noun eponym
is the name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.As a proper noun calydon is
(historical) an ancient greek city in the country of Ætolia]], north of the [[w:gulf of patras|gulf of patras in western greece, situated on the west bank of the river evenus.eponym
English
(wikipedia eponym)Noun
(en noun)- ''Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
- ''Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
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